Selective processing of emotional information in body dysmorphic disorder
Body dysmorphic disorder (BDD) is a syndrome characterized by distress about imagined
defects in one's appearance. Though categorized as a somatoform disorder, BDD is marked
by many characteristics associated with social phobia (eg, fear of negative evaluation) and
obsessive-compulsive disorder (eg, intrusive thoughts about one's ugliness, checking). In
the present experiment, we tested whether BDD patients exhibit selective processing of
threat in the emotional Stroop paradigm as do anxiety-disordered patients. Relative to …
defects in one's appearance. Though categorized as a somatoform disorder, BDD is marked
by many characteristics associated with social phobia (eg, fear of negative evaluation) and
obsessive-compulsive disorder (eg, intrusive thoughts about one's ugliness, checking). In
the present experiment, we tested whether BDD patients exhibit selective processing of
threat in the emotional Stroop paradigm as do anxiety-disordered patients. Relative to …